Badminton Coach of China, Yang Chen Xiang, recalls how Badminton was first popular in Europe and a few Asian countries, then spread rapidly through the rest of Asia, Africa and Latin America before Indonesia and China emerged on the scene to change the face of the game completely.

In his report on the 1982 Thomas Cup in London which for the first time was held outside Asia, Craig Reedie reveals how China claims a narrow but famous win at its very first appearance in the biennial competition.